“Freedom Writers” Review and Discussion Questions



Freedom Writers Review and Discussion Questions

PRE-VIEWING QUESTIONS

1. What are some ways that writing is able to give people freedom?

2. What are some examples from history or current society of how writing helps us exercise

our right to freedom/gives freedom?

DURING/POST-VIEWING QUESTIONS

1. What do you notice about writing at the start of the movie when Ms. Gruwell plays the rap for her students?

2. Why did Eva make a false witness report when she was questioned about the shooting that took place at the convenience store?

3. What do you think of the department head and the teacher Erin tries to get support from in the lunchroom?

4. What does Eva mean when she says, “It’s all about color?”

5. What is significant about no one knowing what the Holocaust is and everyone having been shot at?

6. The principal doesn’t think any of the students can handle reading The Diary of Anne Frank. What is up with this?

7. Why are there so many notebooks in Erin’s locked cabinet, even on the first day the kids get to write in there journals?

8. Why does Erin decide to sell clothes at a department store and work at a hotel?

9. Why are the students so amazed when they go to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles?

10. Why do the kids start getting rid of their guns after their trip to the Museum of Tolerance?

11. After their visit to the Museum of Tolerance, the kids start writing more. Why?

20. What is significant about everyone hugging each other in Erin’s class?

21. How are inner-city kids stereotyped by Mrs. Campbell and the guy honors teacher?

22. What is wrong with Erin’s husband, Scott? What’s his deal?

23. Eva is mad after reading the end of The Diary of Anne Frank. Why is she mad about this?

24. What does Erin decide to have the students do instead of just writing a formal paper?

25. Do you think Miep Gies is a hero?

26. Why does Eva decide to tell the truth in court? What has influenced this decision? What happens to her as a result and WHY?

27. Why do the kids in Erin’s class “never want to go home”?

28. Why do the students decide to call themselves the “Freedom Writers.”

29. Did you like this movie? Why is it valuable to us or anyone who watches it?

30. What can this movie teach about the power of writing?

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